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Software Engineer Interview Experience

February 16, 2019
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The process begins with an online assessment, featuring two coding problems to be solved within 90 minutes.

Following this, a phone interview takes place, where the interviewer presents a coding question directly. The question is about finding the top k smallest elements. A follow-up then requires an analysis of the time complexity for different methods.

Questions

Top k.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 3,728 interview experiences for the Google Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

12%
Pass Rate

Google's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive59%
Neutral29%
Negative12%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Google's Software Engineer interview process in United States.

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